It is important to remember that Scalia—like Robert Bork—opposed such things as gay marriage and abortion, in his profession as a judge, because the American People never intended, and never said, in their Constitution, that a state was to be compelled to legalize either gay marriage or abortion.
This was a consequence of their intellectual honesty, not a consequence of their Catholic Faith.
Although—and here is a truth apparently not known to the Pope or the vast majority of bishops—intellectual honesty is mandated by the moral teaching of the Catholic Church.
Great post. Do wish you posted it in it’s entireity. You, being the author, could have done that.
Good post.
Good post, thanks!